July 29, 2011

Obama's job approval rating among Democrats is 72%, compared with 34% among independents and 13% among Republicans. In the prior three weeks, his average approval rating was 79% among Democrats, 41% among independents, and 12% among Republicans.

If we're very, very lucky, Obama AND Boehner will lose their jobs soon.

Boehner isn't going any where. His constituents like him, and I heard Pelosi last night. She still almost has her job, and she managed to lose 80 or so seats and her private jet, yet kept the leadership of her party in the House.

He only communicates in Harvard entitlement to be believed smart memes.

While the real world has collapses around us he replays fluff sentiments from the days the USA had all the power and the money it needed.

There is no leadership coming from the man who has taken our Presidency hostage.

He tells us vague threats unless he is given ALL of the power...the same messages he sent to Libya's Gadafy:"Surrender now or something bad will happen later." as he lead from behind and created The Perfect Stalemate.

And he keeps the pressure on.

I predict that Obama will keep this act up until the USA's world reputation has evaporated.

The differentials are quite interesting. Obama started to come out of the ivory tower over the last three weeks, framing himself as a fiscal conservative and spewing contempt for the Tea Party and the GOP.

Results: (1) independents and Democrats like him much less. (2) Republicans like him just slightly more.

Result 1 is probably because Obama has (a) alarmed his base by appearing to cave, and (2) alarmed independents by appearing to be incompetent. Result 2 is probably because Obama at least came out of his ivory tower. You can get from 12% to 13% with just a few dog biscuits like that.

A Pell Grant is money the federal government provides for students who need it to pay for college. Federal Pell Grants are limited to students with financial need

In 1965, Congress passed the Higher Education Act of 1965(HEA). President Lyndon B. Johnson implemented the HEA as a part of his administration’s agenda to assist and improve higher education in the United States. This was the initial legislation to benefit students of lower and middle-income.

In 1972, Title IX Higher Education Amendments were a response to the distribution of aid in the current grant. Senator Claiborne Pell set forth the initial movements to reform the HEA. Opportunity Grant Program (Basic Grant) were intended to serve as the "floor" or "foundation" of an undergraduate student's financial aid package. Other financial aid, to the extent that it was available, would be added to the Basic Grant up to the limit of a student's financial need.

In 1978 the Middle Income Student Assistance Act of 1978 (MISAA) was signed into act by President Jimmy Carter. This bill provides more generous Basic Educational Opportunity Grant—Pell grants-to low-income students, and makes eligible students from families with income up to about $25,000. An additional 1.5 million students from middle-income families will be eligible for the Basic Grants program.

As with all grants, there is a maximum amount that the government funds for each applicant. [21] For the 2010-2011 award year, the maximum amount is $5,550.

Boy in little wikipedia entry is an object lesson in how government programs start with good intentions end up....

If you're the GOP it was very important they cut out Pell grants. That was one of their sticking points. For the millionth time, if you are working class and vote Republican, you need to have your head examined.

If you're the GOP it was very important they cut out Pell grants. That was one of their sticking points. For the millionth time, if you are working class and vote Republican, you need to have your head examined.

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It's smart. Government backed financial aide is the primary reason why the cost of going to college is now completely ludicrous.

As institutions, colleges have no incentive to lower prices as long as they get their money back regardless of whether the student can pay back his loan or not.

Obama's rhetoric notwithstanding, what do you think he's been doing the whole of his presidency?

Democrats are becoming ever more unhappy with Obama because he's essentially a small-town Rotarian Republican.

The writing was on the wall before the election; those who wanted to see, could have seen, as I did. Whereas I chose not to vote for Obama, others might have, seeing the truth, held their noses and pulled the lever for him anyway as the "lesser of two evils." If this had been the case, at least maybe they wouldn't be so dismayed and disappointed now.

Well, I don't think it's so obvious given subsequent events that Obama was really a lesser evil than McCain, although I can understand why one could have thought so at the time.

Although I didn't vote for him, I'm still dismayed at how bad he's been.